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On Jul 23, 11:00 pm, "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote:
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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
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Not every state can do it. ...

They _can_, they simply don't have the will...

Some people have the will, but we have idiots for politicians


There are legitimate concerns with putting up windmills just
anywhere. While I'm no fan of the Kennedys and you certainly can
call them hypocrits because they run around advocating green
solutions, I agree that they have a legitimate concern about putting
up offshore windmills that destroy a pristine view. Here in NJ
there was a plan to put 350ft high windmills offshore within sight of
land. To me, that is unacceptable. The last thing we need to do is
turn a beautiful ocean view into an industrial one. We spend a huge
amount of money here buying up open land and forest to keep it natural
and from being developed. To then turn around and destroy one of the
most priceless views makes no sense.

If they can be located beyond sight, then I have no problem with
that. But even that gets blocked by environmentalists, who then moan
about bird strikes, harm to fish, etc. I'd also seriously question
the economics of offshore windmills as compared to other
alternatives.

Heaven forbid someone has to look at a windmill. It's much more pleasant to
look at smoke stacks, light poles and exhaust pipes. Houston Texas now gets
25% of it's electricity from windpower. Texas gets 10% of it's electricity
from windpower. I doubt if .0005% of the people in Texas have seen a
windmill.

We are also starting to get a lot of our water from the gulf of Mexico
through desalination processes. Nobody seems to complain about that huge
desalination plant on the coast. Phil Gramm was right, "we';ve become a
nation of whiners". Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Either welcome
progress or shut up and accept your lot in life.